July 9, 2009

Southern Fried Molecular Gastronomy

Noted French chef and chemist (and inspiration to Keanu Reeves), is coming to North Carolina for a unique collaboration between him and folk musicians Al Petteway and Amy White. The program, entitled Note-by-Note Cuisine will be held at Mars Hill...

July 8, 2009

Stephen Cohen Talks to the Daily Beast and Charlie Rose (and Others) about Russia

Various television programs and Web sites have been looking to Stephen Cohen, the author of Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the the New Cold War to provide perspectives on Obama’s recent trip to Russia and U.S.-Russian relations....

July 7, 2009

Is Herve This Changing Keanu Reeves's Life?

It is not every day that a Columbia University Press title is cited by a movie star but in a recent article in The Independent, Keanu Reeves talked about his new-found interest in cooking which has been inspired by Hervé...

July 7, 2009

Jeffrey Perry on GRITtv with Laura Flanders

Jeffrey Perry, author of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, was recently on GRITtv with Laura Flanders to discuss his new book. (Please note, the embedded video is not showing up on some version of IE. Click here...

July 6, 2009

The African Diaspora as a Perspective on the World — A Post by Patrick Manning

The following post by Patrick Manning, author of The African Diaspora: A History Through Culture, originally appeared on the History News Network. When I agreed in 1990 to write a history of the African diaspora, I found it an exciting...

July 2, 2009

Stephen Cohen on GRITtv with Laura Flanders

With Obama’s scheduled trip to Russia next week, talk has once again turned to the future of U.S.-Russian relations. In his interview with Laura Flanders on GRITtv, Stephen Cohen, author of Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the...

July 2, 2009

Kindle & The Future of Print Journalism — A Post by Ted Striphas

The following post is from Ted Striphas, author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control. The post originally appeared on his blog The Late Age of Print. As someone who writes about the future...

July 1, 2009

“Green Dam” as a Case of Online Activism in China

The following is a post by Guobin Yang, author of The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online. According to a directive first issued by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on May 19, 2009, July 1...

July 1, 2009

Celebrate the Fourth with Hubert Harrison

The coming Fourth of July weekend will no doubt offer up the familiar American images of cookouts and fireworks as well as tributes to former presidents and the founders of the country. However, for those interested in more obscure but...

June 30, 2009

Shakespeare in China

In his new book Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange, Alexander Huang examines “the transnational imaginary of China in Shakespearean performance and Shakespeare’s place in Chinese cultural history from the first Opium War in 1839 to our times.” Huang...

June 29, 2009

Recommended Reading: Iran

The Toronto Globe and Mail recently offered a brief but very helpful and interesting guide to books that can help readers better understand Iran, its people, and its leaders. Among the list of books, which included several from university presses,...

June 26, 2009

Human Trafficking Report / Siddharth Kara

Earlier this month, the State Department released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which assesses more than 170 countries on what efforts their governments are taking to stop human trafficking. The release of the report was reported on the Foreign...